Hillary Clinton Has ‘Privilege and Burden’ of Front-Runner, Obama Says

Wading into the increasingly contentious Democratic primary contest between Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama said that Mr. Sanders’s rise has been propelled by the tough scrutiny heaped on any presidential front-runner.

“I think that Hillary is tough and she has been through this before and she could anticipate it. If you are a front-runner, then you are under more scrutiny and everybody is going to pick you apart,” Mr. Obama said in an interview with Politico released Monday.